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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOKD. OREGON SUNDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1963 Dr. Wascow Discusses Ways to Avoid Violence on International Scene Two crucial changes in the United States people should scrutinize to invent ways to avoid violence on the interna tional scene were listed (or members of the Ashland and Medford Human Rights Coun cils, last week by Dr. Arthur I. Wascow, senior staff member of the Peace Research Institute, Washington, D.C., who spoke un der auspices of the two councils. These developments, deserv ing scrutiny, according to Dr. Wascow, are (1) the change in behavior of police functioning in the United States; and (2) the deliberate invention of tech niques to promote causes with out violence. He referred to the space race as an uncon scious attempt to win a victory without violence. Elaborates Position Elaborating his position, Dr. Wascow said that in 1919 in most local situations the police acted on the side of the white major ity. This gave whites the im pression that they were free to use violence. It gave the Ne groes the impression that they would not be protected by laws of the state so would have to use violence to protect them selves. The role of the state has changed, the speaker contend ed. Police now take a stand against anybody using violence so both sides are less likely to use it. The Southern states are the exception, he admitted, but added that even the atrocity stories from the South are not so bad as they were in 1919. As an index to the degree of Funds Awarded to Construct Hospital WASHINGTON (UPI) - The U.S. Pllhlin Hpalih Knririrp Fri. day made $216,000 in matching runas avanaDie lor construction of a 39-bed Eastern Oregon Com munity medical center at La Grande, Ore. The announcement came from the offices of Sens. Wayne Morse and Maurine Neuberger and Rep. Al Ullman, all D-Ore. Ullinan said the money would be available as soon as bids for the new hospital are approved. Total cost has been estimated at $790,000. change, Dr. Wascow referred to activities in an Arizona town where Negroes were shot down when they attempted to organ ize a labor union in 1919. Re cently in the same town, he said, a sit-in took place without any show of violence. More Strongly Committed The United States, the speaker said, is much more strongly committed to the idea that only the state has the right to use violence. The United States Army will act much more quick ly now than in 1919. The gov ernment is now more likely to intervene on the side of inte gration since the court system is leaning toward integration. It makes an odd check and balance system, he said. The state police in the south are for segregation. The federal troops are for integration, Dr. Wascow stated, and as a result there are two governments each working against the other and neutral izing the other's position. In Danville, Va., the Negroes used Gandhian techniques of non-violence, the speaker, who has written many articles on racial conflict, told his aud iences. When that failed, they jammed the telephone lines to City Hall. Such techniques are calculated to cause confusion without violence. The history of Gandhi, it was pointed out, had great influence on the south and triggered the bus boycotts and freedom rides. Invent Substitute Under the second heading, Dr. Wascow said: "One has to de liberately and consciously in vent a substitute for war as one has to invent a substitute for violence in race riots." Between politics of race and politics of peace a formal enact ment of civil rights will mean little unless the economic situ ation of Negroes is improved, Dr. Wascow maintained. The un skilled members of American society, now without jobs, will find if still more difficult to find work as automation develops, he emphasized. The American society now uses 50 per cent of its budget for defense, the speaker stated. "We don't spend money on the segment of society that doesn't have jobs or education. We spend the money on the segment of society that already has jobs and education such as the scien tist with a PHd from MIT," the speaker lamented. If the world can move toward disarmament it will free $50 billion to spend on the under developed chunk of American society, the speaker estimated. In Baltimore, a Negro council man pointed out that civil de fense money goes to prepare for a disaster that may never happen, Dr. Wascow stated to illustrate his point, the Negroes have disasters every day in their schools and homes. As the economic situation of the under developed people is improved more people are go ing to be employed in helping people than in making things. Machines will be making things, the speaker predicted. 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